diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/vcf/VCFGenotypeWriterAdapter.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/vcf/VCFGenotypeWriterAdapter.java
index aef18d6a2..df74f8938 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/vcf/VCFGenotypeWriterAdapter.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/vcf/VCFGenotypeWriterAdapter.java
@@ -138,10 +138,14 @@ public class VCFGenotypeWriterAdapter implements GenotypeWriter {
 
         Map<String, VCFGenotypeCall> genotypeMap = genotypeListToSampleNameMap(genotypes);
 
+        // keep track of the total read depth
+        int totalReadDepth = 0;
+
         for (String name : mHeader.getGenotypeSamples()) {
             if (genotypeMap.containsKey(name)) {
                 Genotype gtype = genotypeMap.get(name);
                 VCFGenotypeRecord record = createVCFGenotypeRecord(params, (VCFGenotypeCall)gtype);
+                totalReadDepth += ((VCFGenotypeCall)gtype).getReadCount();
                 params.addGenotypeRecord(record);
                 genotypeMap.remove(name);
             } else {
@@ -157,6 +161,7 @@ public class VCFGenotypeWriterAdapter implements GenotypeWriter {
         }
 
         Map<String, String> infoFields = getInfoFields((VCFGenotypeLocusData)locusdata, params);
+        infoFields.put("DP", String.format("%d", totalReadDepth));
 
         double qual = (locusdata == null) ? 0 : ((VCFGenotypeLocusData)locusdata).getConfidence();
         // maintain 0-99 based Q-scores
diff --git a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperIntegrationTest.java b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperIntegrationTest.java
index 9ad9adf09..8f1495ad0 100755
--- a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperIntegrationTest.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class UnifiedGenotyperIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
     public void testMultiSamplePilot1() {
         WalkerTest.WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTest.WalkerTestSpec(
                 "-T UnifiedGenotyper -R /broad/1KG/reference/human_b36_both.fasta -I /humgen/gsa-scr1/GATK_Data/Validation_Data/low_coverage_CEU.chr1.10k-11k.bam -varout %s -L 1:10,023,400-10,024,000 -bm empirical -gm EM_POINT_ESTIMATE -confidence 50", 1,
-                Arrays.asList("9985a92060b512b5d27b4074faf8b60b"));
+                Arrays.asList("4f14792e79adef415efaf97e946460e3"));
         executeTest("testMultiSamplePilot1", spec);
     }
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class UnifiedGenotyperIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
     public void testMultiSamplePilot2() {
         WalkerTest.WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTest.WalkerTestSpec(
                 "-T UnifiedGenotyper -R /broad/1KG/reference/human_b36_both.fasta -I /humgen/gsa-scr1/GATK_Data/Validation_Data/pilot2_daughters.chr20.10k-11k.bam -varout %s -L 20:10,000,000-10,010,000 -bm empirical -gm EM_POINT_ESTIMATE -confidence 50", 1,
-                Arrays.asList("394f009c9bad34eb584fa10d133d79e0"));
+                Arrays.asList("e3a701fd5f1fe4a84746f17ad4b3b3c3"));
         executeTest("testMultiSamplePilot2", spec);
     }